PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kamil Cwirko (ranked 4521 p4p, 4526 weight class) and John Seed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cwirko
vs
Seed

175 cm
25
135
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
135
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kamil Cwirko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Seed!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seed is looking to clinch.

Seed gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Seed working aggressively here.
Seed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Seed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Cwirko misses.
Seed shapes to counter with a head kick.
Seed checks a low kick from Cwirko.
Cwirko fails to land with a series of punches.
Seed checks the leg kick.
Seed lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Seed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cwirko really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cwirko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seed blocks a low kick nicely.
Seed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cwirko misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cwirko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Seed.
Seed tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cwirko counters with a series of strikes. Seed will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cwirko misses with a leg kick
and Seed counters with a nice leg kick.
Cwirko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cwirko throws a nice looking combination but Seed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Seed moves into the clinch.
Seed misses with a knee to the head.
Seed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cwirko blocks it with crossed arms.
Seed lands a knee to the head.
Seed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seed prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seed misses with a knee to the head.
Cwirko can't get the takedown.
Cwirko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Seed prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamil Cwirko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seed lands a knee to the head.
Seed tries to pull guard but Cwirko holds him up against the cage and eventually Seed drops back down to his feet.
Cwirko can't break the clinch.
Cwirko tries to pull guard but Seed won't allow it.
Seed keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cwirko's efforts to push away.
Seed misses with a knee to the head.
Seed looking to throw knees to the head but Cwirko is blocking nicely.
Seed tries a knee to the head but Cwirko blocks it.

Seed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seed gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cwirko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cwirko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cwirko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seed throws a counter combo.
Seed is looking to clinch.

Seed rushes Cwirko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cwirko dodges an elbow strike from Seed.
Cwirko takes a knee right on the jaw!

Cwirko jumps guard and drags Seed to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Seed wants to get up but he can't break Cwirko's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Cwirko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Seed defends it easily.
Cwirko wants to sweep here but Seed controlling him for the moment.
Seed is fighting to break Cwirko's control of his arms but Cwirko is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cwirko is looking for a triangle but Seed pushes his legs off easily.
Seed wanted to stand there but Cwirko had control of the position.

Seed decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cwirko, up you get!
Cwirko swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Seed counters with a straight right hand.
Seed takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cwirko!

Seed is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seed wants to clinch up but Cwirko keeps it at a distance.
Cwirko tries to counter with a takedown but Seed is quick to defend against it.
Seed is still on wobbly legs! Can Cwirko finish him?

Seed forces Cwirko back against the cage and clinches.
Cwirko fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kamil Cwirko will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Seed clinches up with Cwirko and pushes him back against the cage.
Seed seems to have recovered his senses.
Seed lands a nice elbow.

Seed pulls guard successfully.
Seed wants to stand and escape but Cwirko is having none of it.
Cwirko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Cwirko stands up from Seed's guard - Cwirko perhaps looking for a knockout.

Seed moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Seed misses with an elbow over the top.
Seed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Seed tries to pull guard but Cwirko forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Seed is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Cwirko pulls guard effortlessly.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cwirko has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Seed is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Cwirko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Seed is defending well.
Seed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cwirko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seed is breathing heavily.

Seed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cwirko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Seed shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cwirko as he avoids it easily.
Seed tries to clinch up but Cwirko circles away and keeps his distance.
Kamil Cwirko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seed wants to clinch up but Cwirko keeps it at a distance.
Seed takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cwirko throws a chopping leg kick but Seed manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Cwirko. Those never looked like landing.
Cwirko throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seed.
Cwirko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Cwirko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cwirko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seed checks a low kick from Cwirko.
Cwirko throws a series of punches but Seed moves out of range.
Seed is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cwirko. Seed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seed appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cwirko throws a leg kick that misses.
Kamil Cwirko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cwirko throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seed with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cwirko counters with a three punch combo that has Seed backing up. Seed nods at Cwirko to acknowledge the strikes.
Kamil Cwirko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Seed.
Seed wants to clinch up but Cwirko keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cwirko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Seed blocks a leg kick.
Cwirko tries to work over Seed's front leg with a kick but Seed checks it.
And Seed tries to counter it with a takedown but Cwirko pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cwirko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seed moves in looking to clinch but Cwirko pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cwirko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Seed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cwirko.

Seed closes the distance and clinches.
Seed lands a knee to the head.

Seed pulls guard effortlessly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cwirko stops Seed from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cwirko trying to control the position from guard on top but Seed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Seed manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamil Cwirko dominated that second round.
That's time! Cwirko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cwirko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A shot to the liver by Cwirko. Beautiful body shot.
Seed wants to clinch.
Seed closes the distance but Cwirko moves to the side
and Cwirko counters with a series of strikes. Seed will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Cwirko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Seed is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Seed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cwirko jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Seed walks away with a smile on his face. Cwirko gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cwirko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seed can do to turn this around?

Seed forces Cwirko back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seed lands a nice elbow.
Cwirko jumps guard but Seed stands there with Cwirko around his waist. Cwirko gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Seed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Seed wants to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Seed.
Seed tries to land a knee to the head but Cwirko blocks with his arms.
Seed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cwirko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seed misses with a knee strike.
Seed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Seed misses with a knee strike.
Cwirko wants to take the fight to the mat but Seed manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamil Cwirko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cwirko tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Seed smiles and moves away.
Kamil Cwirko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Cwirko. Those never looked like landing.
Cwirko tries to bum rush Seed with a series of wild strikes but Seed uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Seed is looking for the big counter here.
Seed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cwirko throws a head kick but Seed moves out of range.
A combination from Cwirko does no damage.
Seed unleashes a big counter combination but Cwirko bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Seed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Seed lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Seed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cwirko, pushing him back against the cage.
Seed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cwirko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cwirko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seed misses with a knee strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seed looking to throw knees to the head but Cwirko is blocking nicely.
Cwirko stalling in the clinch but Seed improves position.
Cwirko fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Seed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cwirko can't get the takedown.
Cwirko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Seed is defending well.
Seed taking a breather.
Seed fails to pull guard.
Cwirko is looking to take this one to the mat.
Seed lands a knee to the head.
Cwirko wants a takedown but no success here.

Seed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cwirko throws a combination that misses
enabling Seed to counter with a crisp jab.
Seed fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cwirko throws a right and a left that Seed avoids nicely.

Seed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cwirko, pushing him back against the cage.
Seed tries a knee to the head but Cwirko blocks it.
Cwirko wants to get back to striking at distance but Seed won't allow it.
Seed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Seed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cwirko is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Seed to keep the fight standing.
Cwirko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Seed is defending well.
Seed taking a breather.
Seed connects with a knee to the head.
Cwirko stalling.
Cwirko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Seed gets the underhooks and prevents it.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Seed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cwirko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for John Seed!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for John Seed!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for John Seed!

John Seed wins by unanimous decision!